In the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 category, parashooter Rubina Francis secured a third-place result, giving India another medal at the Paris Paralympics 2024.
Francis finished in third place on the podium and earned all the benefits of finishing in the top three with a score of 211.11 points.
But the bright futures of women archers Sheetal Devi and Sarita came to a crushing halt as their opponents’ outstanding performances saw them pushed out to a spot in the further stages.
The Indian contingent’s shuttlers’ challenge fizzled out in the last session, despite the badminton outfit starting the day with strong results.
Indian Results for Saturday, August 31, 2024, Day 3:
Parashooting: Rubina Francis, an Indian shooter, scored 211.1 to win the bronze in the P2 Women’s 10m Air Pistol SH1 competition.
Para Shooting: Swaroop Unhalkar finished 14th in the qualifying with a score of 613.4, meaning he was unable to advance to the Men’s R1 Men’s 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 final.
Para-Badminton: In the Men’s Singles SH6 Group Stage A match, Sivarajan Solaimalai lost to Krysten Coombs of Great Britain 12-21, 10-21.
Sarita Kumar lost the Women’s Individual Compound Open to Oznur Cure of Turkey 140-145 in the final eight matches of para archery.
Para Archery: In the Women’s Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination round, Sheetal Devi was stunned by Zuniga Mariana of Chile, 137-138.
Paracycling: With a time of 1:26.154, Arshad Shaik finished 17th in the Men’s C1-3 1000m Time Trial and was unable to advance to the final.
Paracycling: Jyoti crashed out of the competition after finishing 11th in the Women’s C1-3 500m time trial round in 52.098 seconds.
In the Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage of Para-Badminton, Sukant Kadam defeated Siripong Teamarrom of Thailand 21–12, 21–12 to advance to the semifinals.
Para-badminton: Manisha Ramadass lost to Chinese player Xia Qiu Yang 15–21, 7–21, however she made it to the quarterfinals by placing second in the SU5 Group Stage C.
Para-badminton: In the Men’s Singles SL4 Group Stage, French home favourite Lucas Mazur gave Tarun Dhillon a humiliating 2-0 loss.
Para-Badminton: Manoj Sarkar finished third in the Men’s Singles SL3 Group Stage, defeating China’s Jianyuan Yang 2-0, however he was unable to advance to the following round.
Para-badminton: Nitesh Kumar advanced to the following round of Men’s Singles SL3 after defeating Thailand’s Bunsun Mongkhon 2-0 in straight games, 21-13, 21-14.
Mandeep Kaur advanced to the Women’s Singles SL3 quarterfinals after defeating Australian Vinot Celine 21-23, 21-10, and 21-17 in para-badminton.
Para Rowing: With a time of 7:54.33 minutes, Anita and Narayana Kongannapalle finished third in the Repechage round and advanced to Final B.
Para-badminton: In the Women’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group A Match, Nitya Sree Sumathy Shivan lost against Lin Shuangbao in a fight that ended with scores of 20-22, 18-21.
Para-badminton: In the Men’s Singles SH6 Group Play Stage – Group B Match, Natthapong Meechai defeated Krishna Nagar (Ret) 22-20, 11-3.
Para-badminton: In the semifinal of the mixed doubles competition, Miles Krajewski and Jayci Simon of the USA defeated Sivarajan Solaimalai and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan of India 2-1 (17-21, 21-14, 21-13).
10:30 PM IST: In the Men’s Javelin Throw F57 Final, Para Athletics’ Parveen Kumar placed eighth with a best throw of 42.12.